René Boylesve (14 April 1867 in La Haye-Descartes – 14 January 1926 in Paris), born René Marie Auguste Tardiveau, was a French

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and a literary critic.

Biography

Boylesve was orphaned early and went to school in Poitiers and

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. In 1895 he began to publish articles in various journals. He is considered the heir of

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and precursor of Marcel Proust. In 1919 he was inducted into the Académie française.

Works

* ''Le Médecin des Dames de Néans'' (1896), * ''Le Parfum des Îles Borromées (1898) * ''Mademoiselle Cloque'' (1899), * ''La Becquée'' (1901), * ''La Leçon d’amour dans un parc'' (1902), * ''L’Enfant à la balustrade'' (1903), * ''Le Meilleur ami'' (1909), * ''La Jeune Fille Bien élevée'' (1909), * ''Madeleine jeune femme'' (1912), * ''Élise'' (1921), * ''Nouvelles leçons d’amour dans un parc'' (1924), * ''Souvenirs du jardin détruit'' (1924), * ''Je vous ai désirée un soir'' (1925).

Bibliography

* ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises'', sixth volume: ''Le xxe siècle''. LGF-Le Livre de Poche, Paris 1998, * Jean Ménard: ''L'oeuvre de René Boylesve''. Librairie Nizet, Paris 1956 * Marc Piguet: ''René Boylesve, l’Homme à la balustrade''. Éditions Pays et Terroirs, Cholet 2007 * François Trémouilloux: ''René Boylesve, Romancier du sensible'', Presses Universitaires François Rabelais, Tours 2010

External links

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SUDOC (Association of French university libraries) : works by René Boylesve

Brief biography and list of works on the website of the Académie française

(1926) * Archives of René Boylesv
(Fonds René Boylesve, R11713)
are held at Library and Archives Canada It contains correspondence and three manuscripts. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boylesve, Rene People from Indre-et-Loire 1867 births 1926 deaths Deaths from cancer in France Burials at Passy Cemetery Members of the Académie Française 19th-century French writers 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers